Orchard Project
 | Parts of this article (those related to Orchard Core that based on ASP.NET Core) need to be updated. (July 2026) |
| Orchard | |
|---|---|
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 Orchard 1.4 Dashboard | |
| Developer | .NET Foundation |
| Release | January 2011 |
| Stable release | |
| Written in | ASP.NET |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Type | Content management framework, Content management system, Community and Blog software |
| License | New BSD License |
| Website | orchardcore |
| Repository | github |
Orchard is a free, open source, community-focused content management system written in ASP.NET platform using the ASP.NET MVC framework. Its vision is to create shared components for building ASP.NET applications and extensions, and specific applications that leverage these components to meet the needs of end-users, scripters, and developers.
Orchard is delivered as part of the ASP.NET Open Source Gallery under the .NET Foundation. It is licensed under a New BSD license, which is approved by the Open Source Initiative (OSI). The predecessor of Orchard was Microsoft Oxite.
Project status
[edit]The project includes an extensibility model for both modules and themes, a dynamic content type system, ease of customization, localization and more.
Although several of primary developers work for Microsoft, it is no longer an officially developed Microsoft product, and is under the auspices of the .NET Foundation.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Orchard 1.11.0 Release Notes". orchardproject.net. Retrieved 2026-05-15.
External links
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- Official website
- Orchard Themes and Modules Gallery
- Orchard: Microsoft's open-source CMS platform is (re)born
- Why You Should Pay Attention to the Development of Orchard CMS
- Boston Orchard CMS User Group Archived 2014-04-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ASP.NET Community Blogs that using Orchard CMS before its retainment on June 10, 2025.[1]
- ↑ "ASP.NET Community Blogs Retirement". The Official Microsoft ASP.NET Site. Retrieved 2026-07-23.